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ijujn,. vj. v. (jrasqu how the fund can be used in the county. He said that neither the school at Sperryville nos Wasiiington has sufficient acreage, as the State requirement is l , of 10 acres, plus one acre for each 100 children above the first: 100. This is not a requirement of the Battle Fund, but of the State board of education,*fnd the Battle Fund can be used if enough land is available for n«fw> buddings, continued the report. One State requirement says that no rooms can be added dh to a frame building if it has 4 rooms or more. This means Rappahannock county cannot add rooms to the school buddings at Sperryville or Washington, because of tire shortage of land and the construction of the buildings, which are of frame covered with stucco. During the meeting it was stated that Rappahannock county is anxious not to lose the Battle Fund allotment due the 'county, and. attempt will be made to find some way of obtaining the use of the near $100,000.00
•H. B. Whrfrey reported that the number of 5-pointers in the school's health program had inrr saei it from zero-per cent to 16% and that 150 dental corrections
This work was paid for by the parents of the children.
Miss 'Ruby Jenkins reported that assurance had been given that a State dentist would be in the schools of the county for two months next Fall, conducting a clinic. This dintd will enable corrections to be made with a large saving in cost.
ft Urns announced that the school May Day will be held May 1, Tuesday. The program (will be
at Rappahannock High
exercises. The public is in-vited to attend the exercises and the exact hour of the program will be announced later.
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